By an IWPR reporter in Baghdad A head and pieces of flesh were all that were left of a woman who blew herself up near a security checkpoint in central Baghdad’s Al-Karrada neighbourhood in February. The woman, strapped with explosives hidden under her clothing, approached a checkpoint. When security forces tried to search her, she […]
Ethiopian bloggers defend charged pop star
– by Andrew Heavens Ethiopian bloggers rushed to the defence of their country’s top pop singer Teddy Afro, after he appeared in court charged with the hit-and-run killing of a youth in capital Addis Ababa. Many writers were convinced Afro was being framed by Ethiopian authorities who, they said, resented the singer’s huge popularity and veiled anti-government lyrics. […]
Marie Antoinette, Meet Angelo Mozilo
– by Tula Connell This is a cross-post from the Firedoglake blog. Here’s an idea. Instead of retiring when we turn 65, let’s go to work scrubbing tables at the nearest fast-food outlet. Sound good? Not to most of us. But it’s a future that U.S. workers increasingly are facing. America’s workers aren’t just losing their homes in what […]
Iraq: A Defining Moment?
– by Salam Adil War in Basra… curfews in Baghdad… airstrikes on city centres… then a ceasefire… what on earth happened? As a BBC report said, the Basra operation is an empty vessel – it can be filled with any interpretation you choose. And fill it I will, with interpretations of Iraqi bloggers. Some polarised, some contradictory, […]
China: Responses to the Dalai Lama’s Appeal
by John Kennedy As Lhasa has supposedly quieted down, the anti-CNN.com crowd has gone off the deep end, that might be worth exploring more. The death threats they’ve been making towards Western media representatives stationed in China certainly haven’t gone unnoticed. On Mutant Palm blogger Davesgonechina’s list of links chosen in a move to foster […]
Egypt: American Navy’s Friendly Fire
by Tarek Amr It seems that no one is nowadays safe from the American Navy’s fire, even if they are not in Iraq or Afghanistan, lament Egyptian bloggers. The Global Patriot, which was under short-term charter to the Navy’s Military Sealift Command, entered the Suez Canal from the Red Sea after dark on Monday, when […]
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